mustache

noun

mus·tache ˈmə-ˌstash

(ˌ)mə-ˈstash

variants or less commonly moustache

: the hair growing on the human upper lip

especially : such hair grown and often trimmed in a particular style

his long mustache combed and waxed —

Henry Petroski

: hair or bristles about the mouth of a mammal

mustached adjective

or less commonly moustached

ˈmə-ˌstasht

(ˌ)mə-ˈstasht

Examples of mustache in a Sentence

He used a small pair of scissors to trim his mustache. He decided to grow a mustache. The actor was wearing a false mustache.

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Meanwhile, Travis sported Gomez' classic striped suit, pencil mustache and slicked back black hair and even carried the character's signature cigar. —

Raven Brunner, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024 Declan, quite a serious character in the novel, proceeds to drink obscene amounts of whiskey and smoke intellectually in the bath, glowering beneath his mustache. —

Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024 My son and his fiancee are insisting that my other son, as a groomsman, shave his mustache. —

Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024 But when the actor playing Judge Brack, the play’s lustful old bachelor, emerged from the wings with his walking stick, eyeglass and thick mustache, the house erupted in jeers and boos. —

Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mustache